Mr. Lynford is the Co-Managing Member of Wellsford Strategic Partners LLC, a private investment firm, and has over 25 years of executive corporate experience as co-founder of the Wellsford group of real estate and private equity investment companies. Previously, for nearly a decade, he held senior investment banking positions on Wall Street.
In addition to his continuing management and investment responsibilities, he is the Vice Chair of both Polytechnic Institute and the Global Heritage Fund (GHF), a trustee of New York University, the Lynford Family Charitable Trust and other eleemosynary organizations with domestic and international missions. In 2007 Mr. Lynford was appointed by the Governor to the New York State Council on the Arts and in 2010 he was appointed by the Mayor of New York City to the Board of the Trust for Governors Island. Mr. Lynford is a speaker and author on many topical and policy-related issues.
Mr. Lynford holds three university degrees, including a law degree from Fordham University and a Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. He is married to Tondra Lynford, a psychotherapist and co-founder of Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. They are the parents of four children.
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